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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
1
An investigation into the audit system and Congress printing costs raises concerns that the estimated 425000 expenditure may rise to 400000. Lawmakers consider a 5000000 appropriation excessive for a single administrator.
Charles A. Stritge, known as Mr Stillings, was appointed Public Printer in November 1905, succeeding Frank W. Palmer. He faced accusations of demoralizing workers, illegal fines on proofreaders, and excessive power over the Government Printing Office, prompting investigations by Congress and possible removal actions.
Albert Kirby Fairfax, American born, seeks recognition as Lord Fairfax of Cameron. King Edward referred his petition to the Lords for declaration and establishment of the title. Fairfax, listed among the peers as the twelfth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, is in U S business and is thirty seven years old.
Ottawa reports the British Pacific squadron will move to Esquimalt to revive the Pacific squadron. The plan follows naval moves after America’s battleship fleet and aims to assert British influence in the Pacific mastery. Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, will host five ships with heavy armament as the fleet grows.
In New York at 351 West Seventy-mst street two women aged seventy and forty, caretakers of the house, were found dead by a stove with their bodies frozen. A small oat in the cellar and 17 cents in a cupboard were noted. The women wore heavy wraps. pawn tickets show Mrs. Bertie pawned eighteen items in two months. Police believe they fell asleep by the stove after the fire went out.
The Countess of Yarmouth formerly Alice Thaw of Pittsburg obtained a decree nullifying her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth after a private half hour hearing. Four witnesses testified including the Countess, her maid, a physician, and an American lawyer. The court declared the marriage null, with her resuming her maiden name.
Washington Post report outlines the Thaw family turmoil surrounding Alice Thaw and Harry Thaw. It notes the engagement delayed by debt disputes, public objections from Edward and Benjamin Thaw, and the Countess of Yarmouth title claimed by Alice after the announced wedding. It also discusses the possible fallout for Mrs William Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, and plans for the Thaw women post scandal.
Mulai Hafid states he will capture parts of the frontier and restore the old borders while threatening Christians. Bir Harry MacLean, held by Rafsuli for seven months, is within four hours of Tangier and likely to be freed. Britain ends negotiations with Rafsuli for $100,000 and immunity for the bandit. Germany declines to interfere with French Morocco due to the Algeciras terms.
Brussels reports a new Congo treaty replacing the crown domain clause with a Leopold II fund of 10,000,001 to be funded by Belgian taxes. The fund honors King Leopold II turning the Congo Independent State over to Belgium. Interest will finance a Belgian marine and a hospital for aged men.
The British steamer Therapia arrived at Havre from Galveston and Norfolk with cotton on fire. Off Bermuda on January 2, fire was spotted. hatches were opened and burning bales dumped into the sea. The hold was later flooded and the fire subdued by the time the vessel reached Havre. A. Small & Sons, Florists, Washington and New York.
Stanford B Lewis assistant to architect Huston testified today that he and Huston were ordered to backdate certificates and link bills to the architect. The testimony aimed to show Snyder altered certificate forms to shift cost checks to Huston. A 1908 Snyder letter was produced detailing certificates for a bill with no signature.
Special cable from Lonfian reports a hoard thought to belong to the wife of Seti, dated around 1500 B C, unearthed in Thebes Valley of Lambs. The trove includes heavy gold bracelets, long earrings, ornate rings, and gold titers, embedded in mud and likely discarded by ancient robbers who plundered the queen's tomb.
The Wellington Post reports that Indiana playwright George Ade’s selection as a Republican delegate from the Tenth district has inflamed supporters of State Senator Wood. Wood alleges Crumpacker engineered his defeat to secure a Taft pledge after Fairbanks departure, and activists threaten backlash and possible organizing against Crumpacker.
Capt. William Forrest, struck by apoplexy during The Clansman showing in Memphis, Tenn, is not expected to live twenty four hours. Forrest aspired to portray his father Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest on stage and had agreed to join the company.
Roy Winters of Chester escaped last night from Hancock County jail using a spoon fashioned as a key provided from outside. He allegedly embezzled $2,000 in payroll funds while a clerk for the Chester Sheriff. Winters was arrested in Boston and married a week ago in the sheriff’s residence parlor to a Sewell woman.
Charles W Morse the deposed banker and promoter is absent from New York as a receiver seeks to attach his assets. Affidavits say Morse left for Europe or elsewhere. attachments target his 28 Fifth Avenue home and bank properties. Grand jury probes Morse banks. single indictment for overcertification of checks.
Special to The Washington re New York Feb While Mrs Mary Lambertson laughed at a supper story at her First street Brooklyn home her jaw became dislocated for several minutes Doctors reset the jaw at Seney Hospital.
New York reports that the Treasury Department will take no further action after raids by customs inspectors at Theodore P. Shonts residence over undeclared gowns imported by Mrs. Shonts and daughter Miss. The search uncovered many gowns and finery and led to a report to the collector. Col. Fowler submitted the report to Secretary Cortelyou and President Roosevelt, who heard Shonts’s version.
Representative Clayton of Alabama will press his anti third term resolution as a House debate resurges over the presidents renomination. The White House indicated no objection to action while public talk of a Roosevelt nomination fuels Republican whispers and the measure gains renewed momentum.
Feb 5 report from Pittsburg describes a fire near Oakmont that destroyed three buildings and injured four firemen. The blaze, thought to be arson to cover a robbery, caused shattered glass injuries to two firemen and roof injuries to two others. Loss valued at 28 000 mainly at James B Meads & Co furniture dealers, site of the alleged burglary, with five prior break-ins in three years.
The Washington Post reports Mrs. Joanna Simons of 72 Somers Street Brooklyn and her son William N Hurlburt who had been apart forty years were reunited. Hurlburt, raised by an aunt in Kent Ohio, believed his parents were dead. A relative in Cleveland recently provided a clue to his mother in Brooklyn, and they plan to return to Ohio with her second husband. In other news, sale of Japanese art objects at Sinan's 1407 Gst today at 11 and 3 despite weather.
The Illinois Republican scene rallies behind Speaker Joseph Cannon for president. Primary law fears fade as Cannon leads a united state delegation plan. Gov. Deneen and state leaders publicly support Cannon, while Taft headlines and Roosevelt doubts recede. The spectacle mirrors past unity under Lincoln and Grant.
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